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Summary: To break up with someone in a nice way, tell them that there were good things in the relationship, and use "I" statements instead of "you" statements. Avoid focusing on all the bad things about someone when breaking up by using suggestions from a psychotherapist and grief counselor in this free video on relationships.
"Hi I'm Beth Patterson I'm a Psychotherapist and grief counselor and we are going to be talking now about nice ways to break up. Nice ways and break up kind of don't seem to go together do they but they can. So when we break up with someone, it's good to try to do it nicely, try not to hurt the person too much. Because they are going to hurt if you break up with them for sure. So now do it as nicely as you can and one way to do that is to acknowledge the good things that have gone on in the relationship. And just let them know that for whatever reason it's not meeting your needs. So you can acknowledge the good things about them and don't make them wrong and don't focus on the things that they didn't do right. Focus more about why it's not working for you. So in therapy we call those I statements. So talk about I need this, I don't like that rather then you did this, you did that. That won't be a nice way to break up. So I hope that advice has been helpful to you best of luck moving forward."
eHow Article: Nice Ways to Break Up